Sausage-Stuffed Piquillo Peppers
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Cooking:
15 min.
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Servings per container:
12
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Ingredients for - Sausage-Stuffed Piquillo Peppers

1. Olive oil, or as needed, divided - 8 teaspoons
2. Chorizo sausage, casings removed and meat crumbled - 4 ounces
3. Diced green onion - ½ cup
4. Salt and ground black pepper to taste - ½ cup
5. Cooked long-grain white rice - ½ cup
6. Goat cheese - 2 ounces
7. Large egg - 1
8. Chopped fresh parsley, divided - 3 tablespoons
9. Garlic, crushed - 2 cloves
10. Ground cumin - 1 teaspoon
11. Blood orange, zested and juiced - 1
12. Cayenne pepper, or more to taste - 1 pinch
13. Piquillo peppers - 12
14. Chopped almonds - 2 tablespoons

How to cook deliciously - Sausage-Stuffed Piquillo Peppers

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Brush a baking dish with 1 tablespoon olive oil.

2. Stage

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute sausage, green onion, and a pinch of salt in hot oil until meat is browned and crumbly and onion is translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat and cool for 10 minutes.

3. Stage

Mix rice, goat cheese, egg, 2 tablespoons parsley, garlic, cumin, 1 teaspoon blood orange zest, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl. Spoon rice mixture into each pepper. Place stuffed peppers in a single layer in the prepared baking dish. Scatter almonds over the top, drizzle with 1 teaspoon olive oil, and sprinkle with salt.

4. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until stuffed peppers are heated through and filling is hot, 15 to 20 minutes. Drizzle 1 tablespoon blood orange juice, remaining 1 teaspoon olive oil, and remaining parsley over the top.